Arc Raiders

Springbok said:

This game would be unreal as a pve extraction shooter like duckov, got to a few hours and refunded as I can't be arsed solo queuing and getting pwnt at extraction. Love the look/vibe of the game though and it's priced really well.

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Tarkov has a PVE mod, although I can't imagine buying it just to play that.

CaughtCross said:

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That's actually a fairly clever joke which makes me wonder who wrote it for her.

Hmm thought smoke stopped arcs firing on you. Had one tazer shoot me through smoke, was super low from rocket guy, was about to heal. Had a good run too going with upgraded guns. Sigh.

Cinge said:

Hmm thought smoke stopped arcs firing on you. Had one tazer shoot me through smoke, was super low from rocket guy, was about to heal. Had a good run too going with upgraded guns. Sigh.

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Helps primarily on yellow alert, not sure if they blind fire smoke or not perfect hiding if your on edge or just were in it briefly. Helps to have the big smoke not the ghetto lil ones

Sludig said:

Helps primarily on yellow alert, not sure if they blind fire smoke or not perfect hiding if your on edge or just were in it briefly. Helps to have the big smoke not the ghetto lil ones

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yeah I had a big one, ran behind a wall and stood in the smoke. Next thing I hear is the zap and downed. Lesson learned though. Stupid rocket guys are brutal if aggrod.

Getting these 12 mushrooms is a fun time. Most I've gotten is 2 in one game, usually none because either didnt spawn, I missed it, or someone just went through for them.

Next thing I have to work on is getting some of the bigger arc drops, like rocket one(supposedly not too bad if I am willing to spend a wolf grenade), bombadier, surveyor, bastion for bench upgrades.

Cybsled said:

I used sticky nades on it, seemed to do the trick until it ran away lol

A lot of items get slept on. Blaze grenades are great for making space, covering a retreat in narrow areas, or flushing people out of spots. Lure grenades attract Arc, but the Arc will still prioritize a human if they see them, so you can do it as an offensive move vs. other players.

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Lure grenade + snitch driver = 3 wasps on your enemies

Cybsled said:

Water Treatment plant is pretty good for shrooms - if no one has hit it, can usually get between 1-3 in the outer hallway with the pipes

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Yeah thats where I have been going , if the map doesnt put me in the boonies or with half the match over already. Its where I got 2 once, sitting below the big long blue pipes.

Cybsled said:

Pro tip: There is a quest you get later on where Celeste needs you to get a power rod. RNG for that is shit - only drops from breach loot spots in the generator building on Dam map and the drop rate sucks.

However, during one quest much earlier you get a legendary grapple hook item as a reward. If you recycle that item, you get a power rod from it. So don't sell it or use it in a match just to lose it, recycle it for the power rod instead and save the rod for the quest later.

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I think Can get it from also I think the giant old dead wave 1 mechs that are humming. Low rate of course.

Finished all the quests. There was actually a bit more quest content than I was expected. None of it was revolutionary but they did have quite a bit more that should keep the average player occupied for awhile. They also end with a small cutscene that hints at something big coming. Not much, but nice touch.

As to smoke and the bot aggro, they've changed something in the last day. Bots hold aggro much better now than they used to. I used to be able to shake them pretty easily by ducking into a building to break LOS and then running out a different door. Now they will be able to follow me to where I came out. Another that was interesting is we accidently aggro'd a snitch that pulled the nearby rocketeer. My buddy was questing and I was just escort, so I start shooting and pulled them in the opposite direction. All good, until the rocketeer finally blows me up and just bee lines to where my friend was 100+ meters away like it had true sight. First time that had happened and it seemed to have a 'group aggro' to the party and not just to me. So they have definitely been tinkering with ARC AI and aggro behind the scenes.

The other thing I've been doing for fun is a couple pure naked, zero to hero runs. No free kit. First try my friend and I made it to green shields and anvils before getting sandwiched between two 3 man teams and arcs. The second run I'm up to an arpeggio and a green shield though I haven't been able to get a loot module yet. Its a fun challenge to mix up the game.

If you don't wanna dismantle a grappling hook you can craft power rods with a lvl 3 bench after farming bombardiers.

I got three power rods in one night raid at space port.

I want to say that is just someone trolling, but humanity these days really doesn't fill me with confidence.